<html>
<head >
<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/>
<script src="/library/js/headscripts.js" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></script>

<body  onload="setMainFrameHeight('Main3d9c20bexcbc5x45c7x85a4xdf613b41b603')">
<style type="text/css">
h4 {margin-bottom:1em}

.textblock {
-moz-border-radius: 1em;
-webkit-border-radius: 1em;
border-radius: 1em;
padding:0em 1em 1em 1em;
border: solid black 1px;
background-color: #ffffdd;
}

</style>

<blockquote>

<p>
[<a id="return" href="general.html"> Back to main help screen</a>]
<script>
   var a = document.getElementById('return');
   if (window.location.search != '')
      a.href=window.location.search.substring(1);
</script>


<h3> ACCESSIBILITY</h3>

<div class="textblock">
<p> When creating content, consider the needs of people with disabilities.

<p> There is a good deal of information about creating web content for
accessibility. One example of this is WebAIM's, 
<a href="http://webaim.org/intro/" target="_blank">Introduction to Web Accessibility</a>.

<p> Lessons has
several features to help you create accessible content:
</div>

<h4> Images </h4>

<div class="textblock">
<p> Images should generally include an "ALT tag", a textual description of
the image. However images that are there for decoration, to
add blank space, etc., should generally have blank ALT tags.

<p> After adding an image using "Add Multimedia",
the "Edit" button will let you add ALT text.

<p> If you insert an image in "Add Text", using
the web editor, the "Image" dialog
also makes provisions to supply ALT text.
</div>

<h4> Multimedia Content </h4>

<div class="textblock">
<p> When you use multimedia content, generally you should provide
alternative ways of getting the content, at least some of which
are appropriate for use with screen readers.

<p> In Lessons there are several ways to provide
alternative content. The simplest is to add a description
underneath the content. After adding content with "Add Multimedia",
the "Edit" button will let you add a description field under
the content.

<p> If a brief description isn't enough, consider using
"Add Subpage" to create a page with more extensive alternative content, or 
using "Add Resource" to point to an existing resource.
</div>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>
